That is more accurate. In terms of hardware + software it is closest to the Sun storage appliances which are Solaris or Linux with ZFS plus management tools. T

That is more accurate. In terms of hardware + software it is closest to the Sun storage appliances which are Solaris or Linux with ZFS plus management tools. The Sun promotional literature[1] refers to 70%+ cost savings on their units over comparable systems from EMC (the old school market leader). It was the fastest growing product at Sun, as it allowed companies to cut down storage costs using a model similar to what Google pioneered with Big Table and GFS. [1] http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/unified-storage/index.html http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/un...